Share via

A protester was killed when a driver ploughed through a peaceful demonstration
in Brazil last night, as up to a million people took to the streets in towns
and cities across country to demand sweeping political change.

Widespread disorder followed protests in at least 90 cities, with the agenda
reaching far beyond the rise in bus fares which prompted the first protests,
a concession to which was granted yesterday.

Marcos Delefrate, 18, was among 12 people struck by a car that mowed into a
crowd of protesters at a crossroads in the affluent centre of Ribeirão
Preto, in the state

Subscribe now

Login

Already a subscriber?

To see the full article you need to subscribe

Subscribe

Login

Protester dies as Brazil demonstrations swell to one million

June 21 2013

1/11

A demonstrator is shot by rubber bullets during protests in Rio de Janeiro

June 21 2013 AFP/Getty

A demonstrator is shot by rubber bullets during protests in Rio de Janeiro

June 21 2013 AFP/Getty

Marcos Delefrate, 18, was mown down by a car

June 21 2013

Up to a million people have participated in demonstrations across Brazil

June 21 2013 EPA

Some of the rallies have resulted in violent clashes with police

June 21 2013 Reuters

An estimated 300,000 took to the street in Rio de Janeiro, where rioting broke out

June 21 2013 EPA

The majority of protesters are young, middle class and university educated

June 21 2013 AFP/Getty Images

Demonstrators attack the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia

June 21 2013 AFP/Getty Images

A protester at a petrol station pleads for shelter from riot police

June 21 2013 EPA

A U-turn on increases to public transport fares has not quelled the unrest